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mcr homes. During the course of the after
noon the hoat passes through several rapidi,
"but the four pilots at the wheel know the chan
nel, and it has been several years since there
has been an accident on the river.
Montreal, the metropolis of the Dominion,
is at the foot of Mount Royal (from which it
derives its name) and from Jhc summit, which
is now converted into a park, an excellent
view can bo obtained of the city and the river.
A night's ride takes the tourist from Montreal
to Quebec, the most distinctly French city on the
continent. It was conspicuous in the early
history of North America because of its stra
tegic value. At the citadel which crowns one
of the hills upon which the city is built they
exhibit a cannon captured by the British at
Bunker Hill. An officer was showing the can
non to an American, and with apparent pride
said: "This, Sir, is the gun which we took at
Bunker Hill." "I believe that wo still have
the hill," replied the American, and the con
versation drifted into other channels.
. We made the return trip by rail in the
daytime, in order to enable the children to see
the French Canadian farms. The first thing
that strikes the stranger is the rectangular
shape of the fields. They are long and narrow and
the houses are brought near together, lining the
main road on either side. Some explain
this by saying that fear of the indians in early
days led the emigrants to huddle together for
mutual protection; others say that it is duo to
the disposition of the French to be sociable
and companionable. The thing next most
noticeable is the curve at the lower edge of the
roof. - It makes the roof" more graceful and
pleasing to the eye.
The liberal party, with the able, eloquent,
and versatile premier, Wilfred Lourier, at its
head, is in power in Canada, and while this
party is considered more friendly to the United
States than the conservative party, it must be
confessed that the annexation sentiment is not
as strong in Canada as it was a few years ago.
It is a melancholy reflection that the conduct
of our nation has not been such during the
past decade as to increase in Canadians an ad
miration for our institutions or a love for our
people.
We went from Montreal to New York City
"by way of Lake Champlain and the Hudson
river, passing near Fort Ticonderoga and
West Point.
But as the object of this article is not, to
describe the incidents of a trip, but to call
. attention to the Pan-American Exposition and
some of the places of interest near Buffalo,
enough has been said.
The exposition itself is well worth seeing,
but the other places which can bo visited at
the same time add pleasure and profit to the
journey.
W
The Two Platforms.
Whcn the Ohio democrats refused to re
affirm the Kansas City platform they found it
necessary to formulate their views on certain
issues which they desiredto -present. Extracts
from the two platforms are given below in
The Commoner.
order that the reader may observe how demo
cratic doctrine has been diluted to make it ac
ceptable to the prodigals. On the trust ques
tion tho Kansas City platform says:
"Privato monopolies are lndcfcnslvo and Intol
erable. They destroy competition, control tho
price of raw material, and of tho finished prod
uct, thus robbing both producer and consumer.
They lessen tho employment of labor, and arbi
trarily fix tho terms and, conditions thereof, and
deprive individual energy and small capital of
their opportunity for betterment. They aro tho
most efficient means yet devised for appropriating
the fruits of industry to the benefit of tho few at
tho expense of the many, and unless thoir insat
iate greed is checked all wealth will bo ag
gregated in a few hands and tho republic de
stroyed. "The. dishonest paltering with tho trust evil by
tho republican party In state and national plat
forms . is conclusive proof of tho truth of tho
charge that trusts are tho legitimate product of
republican policies, that they aro fostered by re
publican laws, and that they aro protected by
tho republican administration for campaign sub
scriptions and political support.
"We pledge tho democratic party to an un
ceasing warfare in nation, state and city against
private monopoly in every form. Existing laws
against trusts must bo enforced, and more string
ent ones must be enacted providing for publicity
as to tho affairs of corporations engaged In inter
state commerce, requiring all corporations to show,
before doing business outsldo of tho state of their
origin, that they have no water in their stock, and
that they have not attempted, and are not at
tempting, to monopolize any branch of business
or tho production of any articles of merchandise,
and the whole constitutional power of congress
over interstate commerce, tho mails and all modes
of interstato communication shall bo exercised
by the enactment of comprehensive laws upon
tho subject of trusts."
"Tariff laws should bo amended by putting
tho products of trusts upon the freo list, to pre
vent monopoly under the plea of protection."
"We favor such an enlargement of the scope
of the interstate commerce law as will enable the
commission to protect individuals and communi
ties from discriminations, and the public from
unjust and unfair transportation rates."
These are tho principal paragraphs in the
anti-trust plank. Tho trust question has con
stantly grown in importance, and the Ohio con
vention could not reasonably have done less
than reaffirm or reiterate tho position taken at
Kansas City. Instead of this it presents the
following:
"The enactment and vigorous enforcement of
measures which shall prevent all monopolies and
combinations in restraint of trade and commerce
the matter of first importance being to prevent
tho use of tho government as an Instrumentality
for the creation and increase of the wealth of the
few, while preserving intact tho right of privato
property and the fullest measure of individual lib
erty of contract and assuring to every man the just
reward of superior Industry and skill. We. de
mand tho suppression of all trusts and a return
to industrial freedom. As a means to that end
all trust products should bo placed on tho free
list and the government should exercise a mora
rigid supervision of transportation lines and "abol
ish, in fact, all discrimination In rates."
It will be noticed that the only means sug
gested for the extermination of trusts are, first,
the free list, and second, the prevention of dis
crimination in railroad rates. The Kansas City
platform suggests both of these remedies, and
points out how railroad discrimination can be
prevented, namely, by enlarging tho scope of
tho interstato commission. Tho Kansas City
platform goes further, and endorses legislation
providing for publicity as to tho affairs of cor
porations engaged in interstato commerce, and
also and more important it favors legislation
which will shut a corporation up within the
state of its origin until it shows that there is
no wator in the stock and that it is not trying
to monopolize any branch of industry or the
production of any articlo of merchandise.
On tho subject of imperialism a subject
declared to bo paramount in tho last campaign
tho Ohio utterance is even less satisfactory
than on tho trust question. Tho Kansas City
platform condemns tho Philippine policy of
tho administration; declares that the Filipinos
cannot bo citizens without endangering our
civilization, and cannot bo subjects without im
periling our form of government. It declares
that tho constitution follows tho flag, and de
mands "an immediate declaration of the nation's
purpose to givo the Filipinos, first, a stable
form of government; second, independence;
and, third, protection from outside interference,
such as has been given for nearlya century to
the republics of Central and South America.'
Tho Ohio platform condemns "any exten
sion of the national boundaries not meant to
carry speedily to all inhabitants full equal
rights with ourselves." This is all right as to
future acquisitions, but what about tho ques
tion wo aro dealing with 'now? Thop Ohio
platform says: "If these (inhabitants) are un
fitted by location, race, or character to be
formed into self governing territories and then
incorporated into the Union of states in ac
cordanco with the historic policy of tho repub
lic, they should be permitted to work out their
own destiny." This is an admirable doctrine,
but it ought to bo applied to present condi
tions. Tho Ohio platform lays down funda
mental principles, but is not sufficiently specific
to bind a senator if he is disposed to avoid tha
instructions given in the platform. lie might
admit tho general 'principles, but insist that
present conditions prevented their application.
The platform fails to make any reference to
the recent Supreme Court decision. Why
should a democratic convention hesitate to con
demn the doctrine set forth by Justice Brown?
Why, it may be asked, should attention bo
called to the weakness of 'the- Ohio platform?
There are two reasons for it. First, that tho
legislative districts may remedy the 'defects of
the state platform, and instruct candidates for
the legislature to vote only for a senator who
will pledge himself to abide by tho Kansas City
platform; and, second, that the other states
which hold conventions nmy avoid the err on
made by the Ohio convention. When a state
refuses to endorse the national platform it
takes upon itself the responsibility of writing
a better one, and the Ohio convention.failcd
miserably in its attempt to improve upon the
Kansas City platform.
The tariff plank is the first plank dealing
with national issues, and, if position in tha
platform indicates anything, the Ohio conven
tion intended to make the tariff question tha
paramount issue. This is the contention of
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